1. rue(n = noun.plant) herb of grace, ruta graveolens - European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy;
is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
has parts: rue
is a member of genus ruta, ruta
2. rue(n = noun.food) - leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy;
is a kind of herb
is a part of herb of grace, rue, ruta graveolens
3. rue(n = noun.feeling) regret, ruefulness, sorrow - sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost him the game"
is a kind of sadness, unhappiness
has particulars: attrition, contriteness, contrition, compunction, remorse, self-reproach
Derived form verb rue1
4. rue(n = noun.artifact) - (French) a street or road in France;
is a kind of street
rue(v = verb.emotion) regret, repent - feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about;
is one way to experience, feel
Derived form noun rue3
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
1. A perennial suffrutescent plant (
"Then purged with euphrasy and rue
The visual nerve, for he had much to see." [1913 Webster]
"They [the exorcists] are to try the devil by holy water, incense, sulphur, rue, which from thence, as we suppose, came to be called herb of grace." [1913 Webster]
2. Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret. [1913 Webster]
1. To lament; to regret extremely; to grieve for or over. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
"I wept to see, and rued it from my heart." [1913 Webster]
"Thy will
Chose freely what it now so justly rues." [1913 Webster]
2. To cause to grieve; to afflict. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
3. To repent of, and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get released from. [1913 Webster]
1. To have compassion. [1913 Webster]
"God so wisly [
"Which stirred men's hearts to rue upon them." [1913 Webster]
2. To feel sorrow and regret; to repent. [1913 Webster]
"Work by counsel and thou shalt not rue." [1913 Webster]
"Old year, we'll dearly rue for you." [1913 Webster]
Sorrow; repetance. Shak. [1913 Webster]
rue, v. & n.
--v.tr. (rues, rued, rueing or ruing) repent of; bitterly feel the consequences of; wish to be undone or non-existent (esp. rue the day).
--n. archaic 1 repentance; dejection at some occurrence.
2 compassion or pity.
rue, n. a perennial evergreen shrub, Ruta graveolens, with bitter strong-scented leaves formerly used in medicine.
Etymology:
ME f. OF f. L ruta f. Gk rhute
VB regret, deplore, bewail, repine, cast a longing lingering look behind, rue, rue the day, repent, infandum renovare dolorem, prey on the mind, weigh on the mind, have a weight on the mind, leave an aching void.
VB repent, be sorry for, be penitent, rue, regret, think better of, recant, knock under, plead guilty, sing miserere, sing de profundis, cry peccavi, own oneself in the wrong, acknowledge, confess, (disclose), humble oneself, beg pardon, turn over a new leaf, put on the new man, turn from sin, reclaim, repent in sackcloth and ashes, (do penance), learn by experience.
N unsavoriness, amaritude, acrimony, acridity (bitterness), roughness, acerbity, austerity, gall and wormwood, rue, quassia, aloes, marah, sickener, unsavory, unpalatable, unsweetened, unsweet, ill-flavored, bitter, bitter as gall, acrid, acrimonious, rough, offensive, repulsive, nasty, sickening, nauseous, loathsome, fulsome, unpleasant.
false rue, false rue anemone, goat rue, goat's rue, meadow rue, rue anemone, rue family, wall rue, wall rue spleenwort